, 1887-02-08
HOW TO AVOID WRINKLES.
Something Better Than Cosm etics 10
tho ~Face-FaciaI Calisthenic..

bomethihE better Ihan Cosn sites for
the Face-Facial Calisthenics.
How young she looksl'' How does
she manage to conceal the marks Of age?''
Who has not heard these phrases fitting
about the auditorium of a theatre when
some long popular actress is on the
boardss The qu~estioners are not always
ladies, but as u rule the ladies are most
vitality interested in the problem suggest
cd. How can one prevent age from
showing itself in the face, and what is
the secret of the actress long enduring
youth? As to the latter. it is hardly
worth while to pay much attention to 1t,
l think, for the art of making up for the
stage is quite a different matter from
that of making up for the drawing room.
In the one case the artist can NIKE use
Of broad. suggestive touches; in the
other everything must bear an elaborate
finish. So there are two styles Of paint
ing in vogue in facial development as
well as in pictorial art.
But | know something much better
than painting for preserving a youthful
appearance to the face. 1t is very sim
pie, and was suggested by the massage
treatment for removing s%uperfuous flesh.
In his case the object is in n measure to
restore wasted flesh, or rather to prevent
waste. Wrinkles, the surest mark of adj
vancing age and the hardest to eradicate
or conceal, are due to the gradual wear
ing away of flesh underneath the cuticle.
Why does it wear away? Because the
facial muscles nave either too little or the
wrong kind of exercise. 1t will be OBJ
served that wrinkles usually take a down
ward course. This is due to the wrong
Ir,pI 90 a~nro,1a NULnt ovn,,,.ag VIII
the washing and wiping of the face, to
be sure. Not that l I'M going to advo-
cato the discontinuance of this s~alutary
aud wholesome exercise; 1 simply sug-
gest n change in the method. Instead
Of rubbing the face down in washing and
wiping always rub upwards, This will
have the effect of counteracting the in
fuence of the flesh to depart from under
the cuticle and will keep the face free
from wrinkles 1t is rather an awkward
habit to acquire at first, but perseverance
will make it second nature, and the re-
suit is worth many pains. This exercise
is designed particularly for the benefit of
the eyes and the upper portion of the
cheeks.
For the lower and middle portion,
where ~hollowness is often noted rather
tIdli WrLlhle~, Dul bDultltlQtS DOlu, l1cIc
is another plan. The facial muscles are
subjected to very slight activity in the
ordinary exertions of eating and talking.
To fill the cheeks NJ plump and round it
is necessary 10 develop the muscles there.
These muscles are very slight at the best,
and any special effort well directed will
increase them in capacity and size. An
excellent exercise for this purpose is this:
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channels skin will do, and put the end of
ID between the teeth; then chew gently
upon it for several minutes, taking care
not to raise the teeth from the leather.
If the teeth are raised it will bring into
play only the ordinary muscles of masti-
cation, whereas the purpose is to develop
those that are seldom used. One who
tries this method will find tho check
going through a queer action that is any
thing but graceful and pretty; neverthe-
less, it is immensely effective. and will
restore to its youthful pIumpness even the
most hollow cheeks of tho decrepid Sex
agenarian. Those in middle life or those
who are just beginning to feel the ap-
proach of age will find this plan especially
favorable. Its beauty does not recon-
mend it, but its simplicity does.
1t occurs to me to inquire why talking
should not be effective in keeping the
facial muscles fully developed. There
are women who talk necessarily, and it
might seem that uninterrupted activity
OF the mouth in conversation would be
enough to effect all the charging of
muscles desirable to attain a youthful
appearance. So it would, if talking
exercised the right muscles. 1t will be
observed that the most talkative women
have the most hollow cheeks, SO there is
no encouragement in this for cultivating
conversational powers. The reason why
excessive talking brings with it a pre-
mature decay of facial beauty is that
talking exercises almost exclusively the
orbicularis oris, the muscle that serves as
q mouth opener. The tongue and throat
muscles are brought into play, of course,
but they are not to be considered in dis
cussing what may have an effect upon
the external face. When the orbicularis
oris, therefore, is exercised to the ex-
clusion of the more distant portions of
the cheeks, it will be developed abnor-
mally in strength; and when advancing
age brings about the decay of the tender
cheeks, the sinewy orbicularis oris re-
mains in its full vigor and size, and the
checks appear correspondingly 80 much
the more hollow and wasted. There il
no danger to any one who INDUCES
moderately i'll conversation, but if M
n has any fears on the matter they
may be set at rest by a timely practice
with the strip Of leather. And don't
forget to rub up when you wash and
wipe.-Globo- Democrat.